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BarbarousMexico JOHN KENNETH TURNER

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66 BARBAROUS MEXICO<br />

them back to Sonora or to find their husbands for them.<br />

The old woman implored us to get word to her boss,<br />

Leonardo Aguirre, and would not be content until I had<br />

penned his name in my note-book. The bashful woman<br />

at the fire, aching for some comforting, hopeful words,<br />

parted her dress at the top and gave us a glimpse of the<br />

red marks of the lash upon her back.<br />

I looked into the face of my companion; the tears<br />

were trickling down his cheeks. As for me, I did not<br />

cry. I am ashamed now that I did not cry!<br />

Such is the life of the Yaqui nation in its last chapter.<br />

When I looked upon those miserable creatures there I<br />

said: "There can be nothing worse than this." But<br />

when I saw Valle Nacional I said: "This is worse than<br />

Yucatan."

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